The word count is 800 1284 words. According to Elvin's query. Com, the number of words in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is 800 1284. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a long historical romance novel written by Luo Guanzhong at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty based on Chen Shou's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi's notes and folk tales. Together with The Journey to the West, The Water Margin and A Dream of Red Mansions, it is called the four classical novels of China.